Category
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phrenology
thumb|Phrenological skull, European, 19th century. Wellcome Collection, London
affection
thumb|right|200px|Two children showing affection

Franz Joseph Gall
neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain (1758-1828)
degeneration theory
19th-century theory that civilization was declining due to biological change
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
essay by Robert Chambers
John Elliotson
British medical practitioner and teacher (1791-1868)
Hewett Watson
English botanist (1804–1881)
Richard Chenevix
Irish chemist
George Combe
Scottish phrenologist

The Skull
1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis
James Crichton-Browne
British psychiatrist (1840–1938)
Andrew Combe
British physician and phrenologist